Grete Løchen

Personal account. Enjoying life! Former Ambassador of Norway🇳🇴 to Vietnam🇻🇳, Lao PDR🇱🇦 and Sri Lanka🇱🇰

[Norway MFA @NorwayMFA]

Read op ed by State Secretary Andreas Kravik explaining why communicating with all actors is in Norway’s and the West’s interests,

➡️ https://t.co/AET98mo5Lp

[SMK @Statsmin_kontor]

In #Gaza, reports of continued Israeli attacks on hospitals are deeply disturbing. International humanitarian law must be respected at all times. Aid must be allowed to reach those in need, said Prime Minister @jonasgahrstore
https://t.co/srfSBXLQlM

[Aaron Connelly @ConnellyAL]

In Southeast Asia, only Cambodia and Timor-Leste are states parties to the ICC’s Rome Statute. Thailand has signed but not ratified, the Philippines ratified but withdrew under Duterte. Malaysia deposited an instrument of accession in 2019 but withdrew it before it took effect.

[Norway in Geneva 🇳🇴 @NorwayInGeneva]

Norway’s 🇳🇴 message at #RevCon5:

It matters how wars are fought. #InternationalHumanitarianLaw is challenged, but more relevant than ever.

Read State Secretary @akravik79 remarks here 👉🏽 https://t.co/bPGCqLrC5S

#SiemReapSummit 🇰🇭 #MineBanTreaty

[Patrick Haverman @haverman]

MPS & UNDP hosted a workshop on 🇻🇳’s 2nd periodic report & concluding observations under #UNCAT. 
Prevention is 🔑 to eradicating torture. Genuine dialogue, multi-sector collaboration & expert engagement are vital to advancing #HumanRights under UNCAT.
🙏Norway for your support!

[Anne Beathe Kristiansen @AnneBeathe_]

The situation in Gaza is catastrophic.

End the war.
Let the lifesaving aid in.
Continue to work for a #TwoStateSolution

No parent should see their child go hungry #ZeroHunger

[Espen Barth Eide @EspenBarthEide]

UNRWA must survive.

No country is above international law.

Norway is initiating a UN resolution asking the International Court of Justice to clarify Israel's legal obligations to ensure that aid reaches Palestinians. https://t.co/SgN4uRXAEe

[Hilde Solbakken @norwayinvietnam]

Norway’s commitment to JETP is moving forward with visit of @norfund to prepare ground for possible investments up to USD 250 mill from 🇳🇴 Climate Investment Fund. Good start in meetings with MoIT, MoF, MPI, VCCI, UNDP and JETP network.

[Nikkei Asia @NikkeiAsia]

BREAKING: Japan's Nihon Hidankyo wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
https://t.co/0qy83iLDuE

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPeacePrize to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the peace prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.

#NobelPrize

[UN Humanitarian @UNOCHA]

❗ International humanitarian law must be respected at all times.

Protecting civilians and civilian objects - including hospitals, schools and shelters - is NOT negotiable.

Humanitarians must be able to safely deliver aid. #NotATarget

[ICRC @ICRC]

👩‍⚕️ 👨‍⚕️ Health care workers
🚑 Ambulances
🏥 Hospitals

All are protected under the rules of war.

They are not a target.

[Hilde Solbakken @norwayinvietnam]

Today 🇳🇴 launched a supply chain report for #OffshoreWind in the presence of Deputy Minister Nguyễn Hoàng Long at MoIT, highlighting opportunities as well as areas that need further investment to fast-track OSW in 🇻🇳.
https://t.co/5oMgVKvyj2

[Hilde Haraldstad @HHaraldstad]

Establishment of a Palestinian state key to security and stabiliy for the whole region.
Important meeting in NY, establishing global alliance for the two-state solution. We need ceasefires and political solutions!

@EspenBarthEide @FaisalbinFarhan @KSAembassyLB @EUSR_Koopmans

[ICRC @ICRC]

What is International Humanitarian Law? 👇🏽

[Hilde Solbakken @norwayinvietnam]

Today EFTA countries 🇳🇴🇨🇭🇮🇸🇱🇮and @ASEAN adopted Joint Declaration on Economic Cooperation in Vientiane to enhance trade and investment. ASEAN is already Norway’s 4th market for trade in goods, with biggest concentration of 🇳🇴 companies outside Europe. Looking to grow!

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

The verdict of 15 aid groups in Gaza on Israel’s blockade:

83% of required food aid does not make it into Gaza, up from 34% in 2023 - people in Gaza have gone from having an average of two meals a day to just one meal every other day. https://t.co/P4MsdATtuM

[ICRC @ICRC]

Respecting the rules of war is not an option: is an obligation of all parties to armed conflicts worldwide.

Even wars have limits.

[Norwegian Embassy in Washington @NorwayUS]

Some big news for Norway: "Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time... a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road."

https://t.co/NJ2UqGkL3d

[NorwayUN @NorwayUN]

🇳🇴 in #UNGA on Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory:
-The #ICJ ruling is an unequivocal message which Israel must comply with without delay
-The Palestinian people have a right to self-determination as reaffirmed by ICJ
Statement➡️https://t.co/N0rqi467lj